Las grandes traiciones de Mexico / Mexicos High Treason (Spanish Edition)

By Moreno, Francisco Još

Publishers Summary:
An analysis of the long chain of transgressions that extend throughout the story of Mexico; many of which have, regrettably, been carried out by national heroes, heroes of the revolution, and even those we call founding fathers. Based on extensive documented research and written in a dynamic, energetic and thoroughly enjoyable style, these and other episodes make up an undeniable page-turner. Written by an author convinced a deep understanding of one s nation s history, in all its harsh reality, is vital. Spanish Description: Una larga cadena de infamias se extiende por la historia de Mexico y, lamentablemente, no escasean las cometidas por proceres, heroes nacionales y caudillos, e incluso por los llamados padres de la patria. En todo tiempo la lucha por llegar al poder y mantenerse en el a cualquier costo ha producido alianzas inconfesables, corrupcion a niveles inauditos y asesinatos a mansalva... o maquiavelicos, como el cometido, por medio de un veneno, contra Benito Juarez. La cadena de traiciones se extiende a lo largo del siglo XIX, de Morelos a Santa Anna y hasta dar con Porfirio Diaz, quien entierra al liberalismo mexicano y, a pesar de haber llegado a la Presidencia enarbolando el principio de la no-reeleccion, se reelige a su antojo hasta ser depuesto por el estallido de la Revolucion. Ya en el siglo XX Victoriano Huerta traiciona a Madero; Carranza traiciona a Zapata; Obregion traiciona a Carranza, a Villa, a Carrillo Puerto, a Salvador Alvarado, a Adolfo de la Huerta y a Francisco Serrano, entre otros, hasta que el propio caudillo cae muerto, baleado y traicionado. En esta obra, Francisco Martin Moreno narra y analiza esos y otros episodios con base en una minuciosa investigacion documental y con un estilo agil, ameno y vigoroso, convencido de que es fundamental conocer a fondo la historia de nuestro pais, en toda su cruda verdad.

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978-6-07110-200-3
Publisher
Rba Libros


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Reviewed on February 1, 2010  |  Spanish Books

Repeat winner of the National Prize for Journalism from the National Professional Association of Mexican Journalists, Moreno has authored a dozen books on Mexican history, most stemming from his numerous columns in national and international newspapers. He is the author of a total of six novels in the "México" series, including México ante Dios ("Mexico Before God"), in which he fictionalizes the life of a prisoner under Porfirio Díaz's...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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